Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment invites applications from highly promising junior scholars to spend a paid semester or academic year as a full-time resident Visiting Scholar on either the Nicholas School’s main campus in Durham, NC or its marine lab campus in Beaufort, NC. Applications from distinguished senior scholars will also be considered. The ideal candidates will have strong research profiles and records of effective teaching and mentoring of students from diverse backgrounds. The Visiting Scholars will fully participate in the Nicholas School’s teaching and research activities, by teaching courses and/or leading seminars and workshops and collaborating with faculty on research projects. Appointments may begin with either the 2018 fall semester or the 2019 spring semester.

Committed to a culture of interdisciplinary collaboration, faculty in the Nicholas School include preeminent researchers and educators whose expertise spans the physical, life, and social sciences relating to the earth and the environment. We are seeking Visiting Scholars who can expand and enrich the intellectual and cultural climate of our school. Individual qualifications, academic excellence, collegiality, and demonstrated multicultural competence, rather than specific research expertise, will be the primary criteria for selecting Visiting Scholars. Successful applicants will be expected to engage collaboratively with faculty and to mentor students from a wide range of disciplines, cultures, and academic backgrounds in ways that support diversity and inclusion.

The Nicholas School administers educational programs at the undergraduate, professional master’s, and doctoral levels. The signature professional degrees, the Master of Environmental Management (campus-based and online) and the Master of Forestry degree, prepare students for leadership positions in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. Nicholas School faculty oversee doctoral degree programs in Environmental Science and Policy, Earth and Ocean Sciences, and Marine Science and Conservation, and participate in Duke University doctoral programs in Ecology, Environmental Policy, and Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health. The School administers undergraduate majors in Environmental Sciences and Policy and in Earth and Ocean Sciences, as well as certificates in Energy and the Environment and Marine Science and Conservation Leadership.

We invite you to explore the opportunity to spend a semester or two at Duke University Nicholas School by following the application process below. Further inquiries may be directed to Laura Turcotte at ljturco@duke.edu. We will begin reviewing applications on February 01, 2018.

Application process:
Submit applications through Academic Jobs Online. See Job # 10517
Please submit the following directly on the AJO website:
• Cover letter describing your research interests and your ability to expand and enrich the intellectual and multicultural climate at the Nicholas school
• Statement of teaching philosophy and experience with, and commitment to, teaching a diverse student body
• Detailed curriculum vitae
• Up to three scholarly works
• Names and contact information for three references

Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.